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Duncan Morrow
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Speaking for myself here-so all the problems are my own. And in my day job, I am Director of Community Engagement and Professor of Politics at Ulster University.

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Duncan Morrow @duncanmorrow0.bsky.social · 4d
Greed is apparently limitless. Shameless.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/b...
Elon Musk Wins $1 Trillion Tesla Pay Package
www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Duncan Morrow

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 6d
As Labour has discovered ill-prepared to deliver a slogan of change, trade-offs must be made which electorates are rarely being prepared for. Because rich entitled countries are finding themselves no longer the masters and scarcely know how to cope.

Reposted by Duncan Morrow

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 6d
Reducing the cost of living is an easy and popular political message. And incredibly difficult to deliver when you also want to deliver e.g. fair minimum wage, net zero investment, protective regulations, tariffs if so inclined, investment from big companies...

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Duncan Morrow @duncanmorrow0.bsky.social · 9d
I think we are at the ‘don’t amplify’ stage.

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Hackney Cyclist @hackneycyclist.bsky.social · 11d
Bos en lommerweg, Amsterdam in 1976 and today
Two rows of car parking in a service road alongside a main road completely replaced by a cycleway, cycle parking and greenery

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Duncan Morrow @duncanmorrow0.bsky.social · 12d
If UK Labour and Conservatives continue on the strategy of trying to undermine the insurgent right by stealing their clothes, the door is opening fast to the Lib Dems and Greens to follow the Dutch D66 in opposing their policies.

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Duncan Morrow @duncanmorrow0.bsky.social · 12d
After this Dutch election, parties with 1% of the vote have members in parliament. 22 seats are distributed between 8 parties none of which won more than 3% of the vote. One party went from 20 seats to none in one election. Reflects opinion but stable government hard? Good or bad advert for PR?

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Duncan Morrow @duncanmorrow0.bsky.social · 12d
Elections show huge volatility of Dutch electorate. Only 2 years since last election: Left-liberals treble their seats, Wilders loses a third of his, Christian Democrats recover from 2023 disaster and Centre-left have very poor outing. Alt-right Ja21 go from one seat to eight. No sign of stability.

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Roderic O’Gorman TD @rodericogorman.bsky.social · 17d
Hartstown Comm Centre Dublin West #aras25

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Duncan Morrow @duncanmorrow0.bsky.social · 18d
The Caerphilly by-election is perhaps the most important anywhere. 83% voted against the establishment. The vehicles of protest are different: the pissed-offness is common, deep and wide.

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Duncan Morrow @duncanmorrow0.bsky.social · 21d
That's three issues in a short row- Lough Neagh, Active Travel and now Energy - where the NI Executive's performance on key environmental issues is failing. Radical change required.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Audit Office publishes damning report on green energy strategy
Report finds only 1% of targeted energy savings by the Department for the Economy have been achieved.
www.bbc.co.uk

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Duncan Morrow @duncanmorrow0.bsky.social · 22d
Mist clears over Benevenagh on the north coast of Ireland this morning

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Duncan Morrow @duncanmorrow0.bsky.social · 26d
Great night at the now annual North Belfast Schools Art Exhibition @UlsterUni Fantastic talent on view and thanks to all@UlsterUni students who spoke too.

Reposted by Elizabeth Sharrow, Iain Davidson, Aaron Sojourner , and 8 more

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29d
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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Duncan Morrow @duncanmorrow0.bsky.social · Oct 10
Yeoo

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Duncan Morrow @duncanmorrow0.bsky.social · Oct 10
That’s 100% tariffs for Norway then… www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Nobel peace prize 2025 live: María Corina Machado wins for work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela
US president had been conducting campaign to influence prize committee
www.theguardian.com

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Duncan Morrow @duncanmorrow0.bsky.social · Oct 9
The normalisation of intimidation by mob is the story. Frightening because it is meant to be so. Completely unacceptable because civilisation depends on it. Whether directed at politicians, minorities or random targets this needs criminal sanction.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Naomi Long: Justice minister condemns 'mob' outside home
Long's husband, councillor Michael Long, said
www.bbc.co.uk

Reposted by Duncan Morrow

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Andrew Cutting @andrewcutting.coe.int · Oct 7
Should the UK leave the European Convention on Human Rights?

Interesting comments from Dominic Grieve, former Attorney General for England and Wales👇

#ECHR

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Duncan Morrow @duncanmorrow0.bsky.social · Sep 30
Basically @deptinfra has done nothing to support cycling and walking. Truly shocking NIAO report with huge costs loaded onto health and environmental damage and zero accountability. www.niauditoffice.gov.uk/files/niaudi...
Active travel: Spending in Northern Ireland needs significant increase, says auditor
Departmental analysis states £85m should be spent on active travel per year but current estimates suggest it is spending £50m a year.
www.bbc.co.uk

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Duncan Morrow @duncanmorrow0.bsky.social · Sep 19
Great launch of our Taking Boys Seriously Art Exhibition in the Great Hall of @UlsterUni in Derry-Londonderry this morning. Perspectives,Voices and Images to be displayed to the public in the Train Station.

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Duncan Morrow @duncanmorrow0.bsky.social · Sep 18
Students moving in: stocking up for a long winter at the cash and carry open night!

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Duncan Morrow @duncanmorrow0.bsky.social · Sep 18
One small step for Hill Street: maybe a giant leap for Belfast? Good News at last.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hill Street: Pedestrianisation to happen later this year
The infrastructure minister says an informal consultation with businesses
www.bbc.co.uk

Reposted by Shannon Vallor, Rosemary A. Joyce, Duncan Morrow

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · Sep 12
Each alleged mass shooter is even more On the Computer All the Time than the previous one. Probably nothing to worry about there

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Duncan Morrow @duncanmorrow0.bsky.social · Sep 12
If Americans won’t or can’t limit gun ownership when their children are being killed and there is a universal sense of tragedy, why would they limit guns when the targets are political and contentious figures? This is existential.

Reposted by Stephan Lewandowsky, Simon Wren‐Lewis, Dave Elder‐Vass , and 1 more

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · Sep 12
This is how you protect your democracy. The US is a demonstration of what happens when you don't. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years for plotting military coup in Brazil
Former president sought to ‘annihilate’ country’s democracy after losing 2022 election
www.theguardian.com

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Ezra Klein @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social · Sep 11
Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
Opinion | Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way
www.nytimes.com

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Duncan Morrow @duncanmorrow0.bsky.social · Sep 2
Everybody in NI politics needs to make clear that violence against people of colour is incompatible with civilisation let alone culture and everybody in a church should be repeating that it is incompatible with Christianity. Violence should be a red line.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ballymena: Landlord says 'lives in danger' after racially-motivated attack
Six vehicles were burnt and destroyed outside a house where Filipino workers live.
www.bbc.co.uk

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Duncan Morrow @duncanmorrow0.bsky.social · Sep 2
The predators alliance. A view from Paris.

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Duncan Morrow @duncanmorrow0.bsky.social · Aug 30
Farming in NI is going to have you change fast. What has happened to Lough Neagh - and the refusal you prioritise doing anything about it by DUP and SF Ministers- is an inter- generational scandal.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK’s largest lake faces environmental crisis as rescue plans stall
Toxic algae cases in Northern Ireland’s Lough Neagh have tripled since last year, as local fishers’ incomes plummet
www.theguardian.com

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Duncan Morrow @duncanmorrow0.bsky.social · Aug 26
Farage can explode or dump the GFA-seems rash. He can also drive a new majority in Northern Ireland for a United Ireland- maybe what he wants? Or he can turn the Irish Sea border into a trench- harder to sell. But he cannot negotiate human rights out of law making or policing- nobody to talk to.